The Holy Cross in our Church

The Holy, Precious & Life-Giving Cross of our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ

in our Church and Community

Following the request of our Sacred Archdiocese of Thyateira & G.B., and that of the Russian Orthodox Church in Britain, His Beatitude Theophilos the Patriarch of Jerusalem and the Synod of the Holy Sepulchre, have agreed to bless the visit of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross to the United Kingdom for our people to venerate.

The Holy Cross will be in our Holy Church of St. Panteleimon & St. Paraskevi on Thursday 5th December 2013 all day. There will be Matins and Divine Liturgy, 9.30 - 11.30 am, and afterwards there will be other Services in front of the Holy Cross.

We invite all Orthodox Christians to come to our Church to venerate the Holy Cross, to be blessed and edified by it, and to find through the grace of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross health, happiness, forgiveness and remission of sins, the guidance and protection of their children, the strengthening of their family, and divine enlightenment of young and old.

With profound theological poetry, the Church invites the people of God to venerate and pray before the Precious and Life-Giving Cross: “Come, all ye nations, let us adore the blessed Tree, through which everlasting justice hath come to pass...”.

With great joy we expect to see you all come to our Church with devotion and holy humility to pray and bow down before the Holy Cross! Come with faith and the desire to find redemption and the salvation of your souls from Him who was crucified and suffered for us, our Lord Jesus Christ. To Him be dominion, glory and boundless mercy for ever and ever. Amen.